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Now through Friday, June 19th any Father that comes in to get tested in our Norfolk (2415 Lafayette Blvd. Norfolk, VA 23509) or Newport News (247 28th Street, Suite 100 Newport News, VA 23607) Office will be entered to win our Father’s Day “The Man, The Myth, The Legend” Gift Basket. You can also mention that you heard our advertisement…

Researchers in China are warning that similar characteristics and tactics used by both HIV and SARS-CoV-2 could mean that humanity will have to adapt to life with the coronavirus, perhaps indefinitely. Both viruses remove markers, known as the major histocompatibility complex or MHC for short, on the surface of cells used by our immune systems to identify and kill infections.…

A new form of PrEP could allow patients to stop taking daily pills Every year almost 38,000 Americans are diagnosed with HIV. In 2012, the Food and Drug Administration approved groundbreaking medication known as PrEP, or preexposure prophylaxis, that if taken daily is up to 99% effective in lowering the risk of sexually transmitting HIV. Now, new research shows that…

Four months into the global COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, people living with HIV continue to ask about their risk for acquiring the virus and developing severe illness. Reports to date from various cities indicate that people with HIV are not testing positive for the coronavirus at high rates, and most of those who have are doing well.…